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The first artworks Alex Katz ever sold were a series of collages he priced at $40 a piece and, seven decades later, the 91-year-old titan of modern art is still indignant about how the sale went down. “He wanted discounts!” he says. “I said, ‘How can you ask for a discount on a $40 collage?’ This

"I said, ‘How can you ask for a discount on a $40 collage?' This was my uncle – and I told him to get lost."

Alex Katz - A Dialogue - The Artist's Studio - MOCAtv

published:27 Aug 2013

Alex Katz - A Dialogue - The Artist's Studio - MOCAtv

Alex Katz - A Dialogue - The Artist's Studio - MOCAtv

published:27 Aug 2013

views:26548

At the pivot point between the abstract expressionism of the 1950s and the pop art of the 1960s is the seminal Alex Katz. For fifty years his largely figurative practice has encompassed painting, printing, and a curious sculptural technique he calls cutouts, in each medium flattening, compressing and cropping a range of appearances, from the social to the pastoral, while brilliantly communicating effervescence and vitality. Seated on a couch in his New York studio, Katz shares inspirations, methodologies, and stories with Kim Heirston, whom he met twenty years ago at the front desk of Robert Miller Gallery. As Heirston recalls, Katz asked her to pose for a portrait \"with a dash of cool and a hint of shy,\" itself an apt description of a body of work that paved the way for a generation of artists to explore the mysteries and properties of the surface. Now, Katz confides, his challenge is to see the world in the present tense, to embrace the challenge of depicting Washington Square Park as a high-definition film set, instead of the rainy, impressionist watercolor of his yesteryear.
Interview by Kim Heirston. Video and sound by Dream Machine Creative (Dylan Steinberg, Daniel Wills, Colin Alexander, Dan Leung). Edited by Nick Vannucci. Thanks to: Alex Katz, Alex Katz Gallery, Kim Heirston, Sophie Hyewon Hong, VAGA, Gavin Brown Enterprises, Lucy Chadwick at Gavin Brown Enterprises. Special thanks to: Vincent Katz and Ada Katz. All art (c) Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
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Alex Katz - A Dialogue - The Artist's Studio - MOCAtv

published:27 Aug 2013

views:26548

At the pivot point between the abstract expressionism of the 1950s and the pop art of the 1960s is the seminal Alex Katz. For fifty years his largely figurative practice has encompassed painting, printing, and a curious sculptural technique he calls cutouts, in each medium flattening, compressing and cropping a range of appearances, from the social to the pastoral, while brilliantly communicating effervescence and vitality. Seated on a couch in his New York studio, Katz shares inspirations, methodologies, and stories with Kim Heirston, whom he met twenty years ago at the front desk of Robert Miller Gallery. As Heirston recalls, Katz asked her to pose for a portrait \"with a dash of cool and a hint of shy,\" itself an apt description of a body of work that paved the way for a generation of artists to explore the mysteries and properties of the surface. Now, Katz confides, his challenge is to see the world in the present tense, to embrace the challenge of depicting Washington Square Park as a high-definition film set, instead of the rainy, impressionist watercolor of his yesteryear.
Interview by Kim Heirston. Video and sound by Dream Machine Creative (Dylan Steinberg, Daniel Wills, Colin Alexander, Dan Leung). Edited by Nick Vannucci. Thanks to: Alex Katz, Alex Katz Gallery, Kim Heirston, Sophie Hyewon Hong, VAGA, Gavin Brown Enterprises, Lucy Chadwick at Gavin Brown Enterprises. Special thanks to: Vincent Katz and Ada Katz. All art (c) Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY.
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Talking Art in Maine: A Conversation with Alex Katz and Host, Jane Dahmen

published:21 Feb 2018

Talking Art in Maine: A Conversation with Alex Katz and Host, Jane Dahmen

Talking Art in Maine: A Conversation with Alex Katz and Host, Jane Dahmen

published:21 Feb 2018

views:762

This Talking Art in Maine conversation was originally filmed in Aug 11, 2015. We have reposted the full conversation here, minus the backing music in \"Five Hours,\" to comply with Meredith Monk\'s publishing company. To learn more about Talking Art in Maine, or to attend a Conversation in person, visit www.JaneDahmen.com or The Lincoln Theater: http://www.lcct.org/special-events.aspx...

Talking Art in Maine: A Conversation with Alex Katz and Host, Jane Dahmen

published:21 Feb 2018

views:762

This Talking Art in Maine conversation was originally filmed in Aug 11, 2015. We have reposted the full conversation here, minus the backing music in \"Five Hours,\" to comply with Meredith Monk\'s publishing company. To learn more about Talking Art in Maine, or to attend a Conversation in person, visit www.JaneDahmen.com or The Lincoln Theater: http://www.lcct.org/special-events.aspx...

Alex Katz – 'I'm After the Immediate Present' | TateShots

published:31 May 2012

Alex Katz – 'I'm After the Immediate Present' | TateShots

Alex Katz – 'I'm After the Immediate Present' | TateShots

published:31 May 2012

views:60461

Alex Katz shows us around his New York studio, and talks about his new exhibition at Tate St Ives.
New York has had a profound effect on the shaping of Alex Katz\'s artistic career. Describing it as an \' impossible, uncivilised place\', Katz tells TateShots how the city changed completely after the emergence of Jackson Pollock, and how this in turn led Katz to pursue what he calls \'the immediate present\' in his work.
The artist\'s exhibition at Tate St Ives brought together over 30 canvases, plus collages and cut-outs, spanning the full breadth of his career from the 1950s to now. Given the Gallery\'s location on the beach, the exhibition placed a special emphasis on Katz\'s seascapes, as well as images of family holidays and friends, painted in his own seaside retreat of Lincolnville, Maine, where he continues to spend his summers....

Alex Katz – 'I'm After the Immediate Present' | TateShots

published:31 May 2012

views:60461

Alex Katz shows us around his New York studio, and talks about his new exhibition at Tate St Ives.
New York has had a profound effect on the shaping of Alex Katz\'s artistic career. Describing it as an \' impossible, uncivilised place\', Katz tells TateShots how the city changed completely after the emergence of Jackson Pollock, and how this in turn led Katz to pursue what he calls \'the immediate present\' in his work.
The artist\'s exhibition at Tate St Ives brought together over 30 canvases, plus collages and cut-outs, spanning the full breadth of his career from the 1950s to now. Given the Gallery\'s location on the beach, the exhibition placed a special emphasis on Katz\'s seascapes, as well as images of family holidays and friends, painted in his own seaside retreat of Lincolnville, Maine, where he continues to spend his summers....

Inside New York's Art World: Alex Katz

published:15 Dec 2008

Inside New York's Art World: Alex Katz

Inside New York's Art World: Alex Katz

published:15 Dec 2008

views:13821

Interviewer: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive in the Duke University Libraries: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/dsva/
Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews Katz concerning his paintings....

Inside New York's Art World: Alex Katz

published:15 Dec 2008

views:13821

Interviewer: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive in the Duke University Libraries: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/dsva/
Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews Katz concerning his paintings....

ALEX KATZ SOHO Stories by Paul Tschinkel

published:01 Aug 2018

ALEX KATZ SOHO Stories by Paul Tschinkel

ALEX KATZ SOHO Stories by Paul Tschinkel

published:01 Aug 2018

views:271

Alex Katz has been an ever-present figure in the New York art scene. Under George Maciunas, Katz and artist Al Held organized the second artist Coop in SOHO. As an early resident of SOHO, he tells his story here.
This posting is a segment of a larger film planned by Paul Tschinkel who is still a resident of the historic community and who arrived in 1970 in what many then called a slum. Inspired by the film \'Midnight in Paris\', this is a real life version of that film....

ALEX KATZ SOHO Stories by Paul Tschinkel

published:01 Aug 2018

views:271

Alex Katz has been an ever-present figure in the New York art scene. Under George Maciunas, Katz and artist Al Held organized the second artist Coop in SOHO. As an early resident of SOHO, he tells his story here.
This posting is a segment of a larger film planned by Paul Tschinkel who is still a resident of the historic community and who arrived in 1970 in what many then called a slum. Inspired by the film \'Midnight in Paris\', this is a real life version of that film....

Digital Shapers 2018 - Alex Katz

Digital Shapers 2018 - Alex Katz

Alex Katz: Quick Light

published:20 Jul 2016

Alex Katz: Quick Light

Alex Katz: Quick Light

published:20 Jul 2016

views:5994

Alex Katz and Head of Programmes Lizzie Carey-Thomas talk about the exhibition Quick Light, including works from across Katz\'s career in an installation that responds and relates to the unique context of the Serpentine Gallery....

Alex Katz: Quick Light

published:20 Jul 2016

views:5994

Alex Katz and Head of Programmes Lizzie Carey-Thomas talk about the exhibition Quick Light, including works from across Katz\'s career in an installation that responds and relates to the unique context of the Serpentine Gallery....

'I love the adventure': How painter Alex Katz finds inspiration for his bold works

published:27 Sep 2015

'I love the adventure': How painter Alex Katz finds inspiration for his bold works

'I love the adventure': How painter Alex Katz finds inspiration for his bold works

published:27 Sep 2015

views:8143

At 88, painter Alex Katz is not slowing down. Working from small studies to produce large canvasses, watch as Katz turns a 15x11-feet white canvass into a green, brown, and white depiction of trees, titled \"Cross Light 3.\"...

'I love the adventure': How painter Alex Katz finds inspiration for his bold works

published:27 Sep 2015

views:8143

At 88, painter Alex Katz is not slowing down. Working from small studies to produce large canvasses, watch as Katz turns a 15x11-feet white canvass into a green, brown, and white depiction of trees, titled \"Cross Light 3.\"...

At the pivot point between the abstract expressionism of the 1950s and the pop art of the 1960s is the seminal Alex Katz. For fifty years his largely figurative practice has encompassed painting, printing, and a curious sculptural technique he calls cutouts, in each medium flattening, compressing an

This Talking Art in Maine conversation was originally filmed in Aug 11, 2015. We have reposted the full conversation here, minus the backing music in \"Five Hours,\" to comply with Meredith Monk\'s publishing company. To learn more about Talking Art in Maine, or to attend a Conversation in person, vis

Alex Katz shows us around his New York studio, and talks about his new exhibition at Tate St Ives.
New York has had a profound effect on the shaping of Alex Katz\'s artistic career. Describing it as an \' impossible, uncivilised place\', Katz tells TateShots how the city changed completely after the e

Interviewer: Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel Part of the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Video Archive in the Duke University Libraries: http://library.duke.edu/digitalcollections/dsva/
Diamonstein-Spielvogel interviews Katz concerning his paintings.

Alex Katz has been an ever-present figure in the New York art scene. Under George Maciunas, Katz and artist Al Held organized the second artist Coop in SOHO. As an early resident of SOHO, he tells his story here.
This posting is a segment of a larger film planned by Paul Tschinkel who is still a re

Alex Katz and Head of Programmes Lizzie Carey-Thomas talk about the exhibition Quick Light, including works from across Katz\'s career in an installation that responds and relates to the unique context of the Serpentine Gallery.

At 88, painter Alex Katz is not slowing down. Working from small studies to produce large canvasses, watch as Katz turns a 15x11-feet white canvass into a green, brown, and white depiction of trees, titled \"Cross Light 3.\"